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- Aaron Wong only ever coveted badminton's coolest shot - a reverse backhand clear. He is renowned for two other things: 1) Writing tournament previews that adjust the focus between the panorama of the sport's progress, down to the microscopic level of explaining the striking characteristics of players; 2) Dozing off during men's doubles at the London Olympic Games. Contact him at: aaron @ badzine.net
![By Aaron Wong. Photos: Badmintonphoto Bring a canary. Can you tell that suffocation is the method of choice being used in women’s singles to snuff out the opposition? You can’t […]](https://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170827_1548_WorldChampionships2017_BPRS0592_rotator-115x115.jpg "OLYMPIC WS Preview – How it’s become the most fascinating contest")
![The post-Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei era has reset the focus away from super celebrity auras and ultra-superlatives which were double edge swords affecting performances. By Aaron Wong. Photos: […]](https://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190413_1932_SingaporeOpen2019_BPMR3175_rotator-115x115.jpg "OLYMPIC MS Preview – The “final” in the semi-final")
![There’s a first time for everything. Non-badminton and badminton fans will witness the best the sport has to offer at the same time notes our preview specialist, Aaron Wong. By […]](https://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190725_1308_JapanOpen2019_BPYL5817_rotator-115x115.jpg "TOKYO OLYMPIC PREVIEW: A first time for everything")
![The All England tournament shall stoically carry on inside a stadium sans spectators while Britain cautiously embarks on easing its second COVID-19 lockdown. Our preview specialist, Aaron Wong, continues charting […]](https://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190309_1335_AllEngland2019_BPMR6071_rotator-115x115.jpg "ALL ENGLAND 2021 Preview – Anomaly in the evolution narrative")
![Big time international badminton competition is getting back into the groove with non-stop action from the second week of January onwards. Our preview specialist, Aaron Wong, also shakes off the […]](https://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20200312_1321_AllEngland2020_BPYN9391_rotator-115x115.jpg "January 2021 Preview: Back to normal in Bangkok?")
![Badminton’s most prestigious tournament, the All England, remains undeterred while other international events leading up to it are cancelled or postponed as the Covid-19 virus disrupts lives and supply chains […]](https://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160313_1354_AllEngland2016_BPRS2118_rotator-115x115.jpg "ALL ENGLAND Preview – Love badminton in the time of Covid-19")
![China, Indonesia, Korea and Japan: All four countries featured across the 2019 Australian Open finals came out as winners just not in every case. By Aaron Wong, Badzine Correspondent live […]](https://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190609_1453_AustralianOpen2019-BPLV_LV1_6282_rotator-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2019 Finals – One out of four repeat success")
![Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia, Korea and Japan each submitted two entries per discipline for the semi-finals. In singles, Indonesia snuffed out the both Taiwanese hopes while both Thais stopped short at […]](https://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190608_1806_AustralianOpen2019-BPLV_LV2_3433_rotator-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2019 SF – And then there were five")
![Chae Yu Jung / Seo Seung Jae became the only repeat mixed doubles Aussie champions during its Sydney era. Shi Yu Qi and Ou Xuan Yi / Liu Yu Chen […]](https://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/cr_20221120_1349_AustralianOpen2022_BPLV0036_rotator-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN Finals – Historic repeat the feat"){kind=small}
![Blink or leave your seat to buy fast food and it would turn out to have a different outcome from what you were initially led to believe in more than […]](https://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/cr_20221119_1522_AustralianOpen2022_BPLV0034_rotator-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN SF – Fancy seeing you on Sunday"){kind=small}
![In doubles, at a baseline level the pair needs to be reliable and then have something special on top of that to make it further. By Aaron Wong, Badzine Correspondent […]](https://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/2022-QF-WD1-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN QF – Finding that little bit extra"){kind=small}
![Drama mixed with entertainment fueled the marquee singles matches. By Aaron Wong, Badzine Correspondent live in Sydney. Photos: Badmintonphoto (archives) World #3 vs world #27 The ultra-popular and charismatic 2021 […]](https://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/cr_20220715_2118_SingaporeOpen2022_BPYL4448_rotator-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN R16 – What actually happened in the last match of the night?"){kind=small}
![It was like a final in the first round as Seo Seung Jae and Kang Min Hyuk took on recent Hylo Open winners Lu/Yang in Sydney. By Aaron Wong, Badzine […]](https://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/cr_20220705_1622_MalaysiaMasters2022_BPES3440_rotator-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN R32 – Wish it were longer"){kind=small}
